• Top News
  • FOX News: ICE arrests convicted pedophiles, violent assailants as Trump meets with Angel Families
  • DailySignal: Noem Uses Unique Tool to Pressure Democrats on DHS Funding Deal
  • NewsMax: Republicans Eye DHS Funding Agreement
  • AP: ICE officer training is ‘deficient’ and ‘broken,’ former agency lawyer tells congressional forum
  • Blaze: ‘Best of the best’: DHS torches leftist media myths about ICE training
  • New York Post: Cartel warfare threatens to spill into California as narco-terrorists unleash hell on border city
  • CBS News: Homeland security officials watching for response by cartel’s U.S.-based networks after leader killed
  • Reuters: Trump urges Mexico to ‘step up’ efforts against cartels, drugs
  • San Diego Union Tribune: Tijuana businesses reopen, yet residents remain cautious following cartel attacks
  • Univision: Texas reinforces border security after increase in cartel-linked violence in Mexico
  • The Hill: Trump administration ending collections on tariffs deemed illegal
  • AP: After Supreme Court rebuke, Democrats call for government to refund billions in Trump tariff money
  • NewsMax: Senate Dems Offer Bill to Return $175B in Tariff Revenue
  • Roll Call: Schumer vows to ‘block any attempt to extend’ new Trump tariffs 
  • Wall Street Journal: Trump Considers New National Security Tariffs After Supreme Court Ruling
  • NBC News: FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling
  • NBC News: Trump’s global tariff to take effect at 10%, despite announcement of 15%
  • DailySignal: The Elephants in the Room at Trump’s SOTU
  • FOX News: Family of Iowa grad killed by illegal immigrant to attend Trump’s State of the Union
  • USA Today: Mom with detained son is Schumer’s guest to Trump State of the Union
  • New York Times: Senator Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem Will Give Spanish Rebuttal to Trump
  • Daily Signal: Judicial Tyranny is a Threat to the Rule of Law
  • NPR: A new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observers
  • Politico: DHS accused of using surveillance tech to track legal observers in Maine
  • New York Times: Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders
  • FOX News: Trump fires judge-picked US attorney as top DOJ official warns courts to stay in their lane
  • NBC News: After a year in Mexico, recovery has stalled for U.S. citizen girl with rare brain tumor, deported mother says
  • Breitbart: Sen. Tom Cotton: Democrats Oppose SAVE Act to ‘Cheat’ in Elections
  • FOX News: California allocating $35M to support illegal immigrants amid Trump’s mass deportation agenda
• Opinion – Editorials
  • Washington Post: Privatize airport security
  • Wall Street Journal: [Mexico] Mexico Fights Back Against the Cartels
• Opinion – Op-Eds
  • The Hill: Congress shouldn’t be playing political football with aviation safety and security
• Immigration and Customs Enforcement
  • Reuters: Trump’s immigration enforcement record so far, by the numbers
  • Breitbart: House Dem Moulton: ‘It’s Clear to Me that ICE Needs to Be Abolished’
  • Breitbart: Exclusive: ICE Agents Seek Custody of Illegal Alien Gang Associate Accused of Sex Trafficking Conspiracy
  • USA Today: Congress may have ‘shut down’ DHS, but ICE has money to spare
  • FOX News: House Dem compares Trump’s illegal immigration crackdown to ‘terrorism,’ vows to abolish ICE
  • FOX News: [NJ] NJ Democrats push ‘F---ICE Act’ to let residents sue over immigration enforcement
  • Washington Post/Bloomberg: [MD] Maryland sues Trump administration to stop work on ICE detention center
  • FOX News: [GA] Georgia lawmaker calls for ICE surge after Savannah teacher allegedly killed by illegal immigrant
  • AP: [GA] ICE buys Georgia warehouse as part of $45 billion expansion of detention centers
  • New York Post: [FL] Feds nab ‘worst of the worst’ illegal immigrant murder convict in NY: officials
  • AP: [LA] Judge says federal court can’t rule on challenge to Orleans sheriff’s ‘sanctuary’ policy
  • DailySignal: [OH] Columbus Legislation on ICE Represents a ‘Dangerous Direction’
  • AP: [IL] ‘Abolish ICE’ gets most votes in Chicago snowplow-naming contest; ‘Stephen Coldbert’ also a winner
  • New York Times: [TX] Key Witness Who Disputed ICE Account of Fatal Texas Shooting Dies in Car Accident
  • CBS News: [TX] Jury seated in second federal trial for 9 involved in alleged attack at North Texas ICE facility
  • New York Post: [CA] Gavin Newsom pardons criminal illegal migrant convicted for attempted murder: DHS
  • NewsMax: [CA] DHS Blasts Newsom’s Pardon of Criminal Illegal Alien
  • San Diego Union Tribune: [CA] Regional elected officials ask Escondido to drop ICE contract
• Citizenship and Immigration Services
  • New York Post: Trump fumes that ‘incompetent’ Supreme Court may rule against him in birthright citizenship case
  • USA Today: Trump ramps up attack on birthright citizenship case in Supreme Court
  • The Hill: Trump predicts Supreme Court will rule against him on birthright citizenship after tariffs loss
  • Univision: USCIS plans to suspend some work permits, who would affect the measure?
  • New York Times: They Fought for the C.I.A. in Afghanistan. In America, They’re Living in Fear.
• Customs and Border Protection
  • New York Times: [NH] Border Patrol Shoots Armed Person Near Canadian Border, Authorities Say
  • Texas Tribune: [TX] The border wall is closing in on Big Bend, sparking opposition by locals
  • USA Today: [CA] Can I cross the border to Mexico today? What we know for California
• Transportation Security Administration
  • The Hill: DHS reverses on TSA PreCheck amid shutdown; Global Entry suspended
  • Washington Post: Why DHS suddenly reversed course on suspending TSA PreCheck
  • FOX News: Democrats demanding ICE reforms lose airport escorts in shutdown they triggered
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NewsMax: Rep. Malliotakis to Newsmax: Shutdown May Hinder Storm Response
  • AP: [LA] Wildfire north of New Orleans sends thick smoke into air, ignites trees
• Federal Protective Service
  • Washington Examiner: [ID] Idaho woman arrested for stealing ambulance and driving into building leased by DHS
  • NBC News Daily: [ID] Second Building Rented by DHS Damaged in a Week
• Secret Service
  • NewsNation: ATM ‘jackpotting’ incidents rising across US, FBI says
  • New York Post: [FL] Trump makes first comments on Mar-a-Lago intruder shot dead: ‘Got a lot of people gunning for me’
  • NewsMax: [FL] Trump on Mar-a-Lago Shooting: ‘Lot of People Gunning for Me’
  • NBC News Daily: [FL] Armed Man Killed at President’s Florida Home
  • New York Times: [FL] Armed Man Who Was Fatally Shot at Mar-a-Lago Liked to Draw Golf Courses
  • AP: [FL] Armed man shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago was never interested in politics or guns, cousin says
  • Washington Times: [FL] Armed 21-year-old killed at Mar-a-Lago reportedly did not know how to use a gun
  • FOX News: [FL] Former Secret Service officials warn of low-tech threats facing Trump after latest Mar-a-Lago breach
• Coast Guard
  • NBC News: U.S. strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean kills 3
  • Daily Caller: DHS Kills $58M Coast Guard Marketing Deal Over LGBTQ, DEI Ideology
  • Reuters: Top Noem aide entered cockpit before firing pilot over missing blanket, sources say
  • Washington Post: [NJ] Coast Guard investigating swastika found at recruit training center
  • Breitbart: [Colombia] Colombian President Gustavo Petro: Oil Tanker Intercepted near Cuba Fueled Up in Colombia
• CISA/Cybersecurity
  • CyberScoop: CrowdStrike says attackers are moving through networks in under 30 minutes
• Terrorism Investigations
  • FOX News: Sinaloa Cartel leader faces life in prison for massive fentanyl trafficking operation
  • CNN: [GA] Mother of teenage school shooter testifies in murder trial of estranged husband Colin Gray
  • Washington Examiner: [TX] First antifa terrorism trial restarts following mistrial: What you need to know
• National Security News
  • AP: Rubio Heads to Caribbean to Reassert US Interests after Venezuela Strikes and Iran Threats
  • Reuters: Rubio travels to meet Caribbean leaders as US squeezes Cuba, Venezuela
  • FOX News: Pentagon audit: Republicans push AI to reform defense spending
  • Reuters: Pentagon raises serious concerns on US Senate aviation safety bill
  • Los Angeles Times: [Mexico] Dozens of Mexican soldiers killed in cartel attacks after operation targeting drug kingpin ‘El Mencho’
  • Wall Street Journal: [Mexico] Mexico Races to Prevent Cartel War After the Killing of Top Drug Boss
  • New York Times: [Mexico] Mexico Is on Edge After the Killing of a Cartel Boss
  • Washington Examiner: [Mexico] Twenty-five Mexican National Guard members killed after army takes out ‘El Mencho’ cartel leader
  • NewsMax: [Mexico] CIA Assisted Mexico in Killing of El Mencho
  • USA Today: [Mexico] US provided intelligence support for Mexico operation that killed drug lord
  • Wall Street Journal: [Mexico] Mexico, U.S. Tracked Drug Lord’s Lover Before Deadly Raid
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Unrest in Mexico raises major security concerns ahead of World Cup, Jessica Tarlov says
  • CNN: [Mexico] American in Mexico: I was attacked by the cartel
  • FOX News: [Mexico] Narcotics expert says ‘El Mencho’s’ cartel was responsible for the deaths of ‘hundreds of thousands’ of Americans
  • New York Post: [Mexico] El Mencho’s brutal legacy in LA: CJNG drug cartel exploded city’s meth and homeless crisis, DEA
  • Washington Post: [Mexico] El Mencho is dead. Mexico’s cartel war isn’t.
  • Blaze: [Mexico] Start driving north’: US tourists stranded in Mexico after slaying of top cartel boss ‘El Mencho’ sparks chaos
  • Los Angeles Times: [Mexico] El Mencho’: From California drug dealer to cartel kingpin
  • NewsMax: [Greenland] Pentagon: No Orders to Send Hospital Ship to Greenland
  • FOX News: [Greenland] Trump envoy rebukes Greenland leader for rejecting hospital ship proposal
  • Reuters: [Syria] Islamic State Kills Four Security Personnel in Syria, State News Agency Says
  • Wall Street Journal: [Iran] Pentagon Flags Risks of a Major Operation Against Iran
  • CBS News: [Iran] Trump growing frustrated with limits of Iran military options, sources say
  • Breitbart: [Iran] Iran Claims Nuclear Concessions Will Be Offered – If U.S. Meets Its Demands
  • Breitbart: [China] China Urges U.S. to Scrap Tariffs After SCOTUS Ruling

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